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Life in front of the camera and behind the scenes at a This Old House renovation.

Yard work

One thing's for sure: Roger Cook and his team did a great job clearing the overgrowth and non-native vegetation that had taken over almost half of our yard. Since there is actually a rare protected salamander living on our property, they had to work with the state wildlife commission to make sure they were respectful of the salamander's natural habitat. Here are some shots of the space they cleared around the edge of the yard. We were really excited, since we now have enough room for a vegetable garden, two nice shade trees, and a large storage shed. We are outside all the time in the warmer months—as well as some of the colder ones—so we'll use this space a lot. Looking forward to an amazing backyard!

(3) Comments

WOW, that's a first a protected speies on a TOH jobsite, how about a SALAMANDER cam and let's give the poor endangered species it's own twitter site, ya know , are youu gonna invite the whole SALAMANDER GANG to the wrap party?

Posted by: gary|September 13, 2011 at 01:54 PM

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i want to your yard work

Posted by: cody nevers|October 9, 2011 at 11:56 PM

Indeed, it is an amazing backyard, and I admire your kindness for protecting the salamander first. Two-thumbs up!